The new charge filed Monday appears to be related to his relationship with Dr. Ben Burris, an orthodontist formerly of Fayetteville who challenged the state's restrictions on dental practices, although Burris is not named. read more >
The largest city in Arkansas is working through fiscal issues inherited by a new mayor and concerns about an out-of-balance budget. Buried in Little Rock's debits and credits is a potential pool of cash that isn't what it seems. read more >
Breckenn Findley has joined Conway Regional Medical Clinic in Russellville. read more >
Paul Nony was recently promoted to principal toxicologist at the Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health LLC in North Little Rock. read more >
The American health care industry's move to electronic health records has made individual patient records more accessible by third-party vendors and consultants. But it also increases access for cybercriminals. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate in May, at 3.6%, was unchanged from the previous month. read more >
A cancer researcher at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a five-year, $1.75 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to identify new tumor targets in the treatment of metastatic melanoma. read more >
Two groups are facing off over Arkansas Act 579 of 2019, which allows optometrists to use lasers and scalpels for certain procedures. read more >
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has named Jay Gandy, Ph.D., associate provost at its Northwest Regional Campus, effective Aug. 1. read more >
The state gives the OK for Arkansas Natural Products in Clinton to open for business after reviewing its inspection results. The dispensary says it plans to open Thursday morning. read more >
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission will meet Wednesday to discuss company name, location and floor-plan changes, as well as four requests for ownership changes in the state's burgeoning medical cannabis industry. read more >
The Sevier County judge is lobbying to build a new hospital after the De Queen Medical Center closed in February, leaving behind a pile of debt and lawsuits for its owner. read more >
The Little Rock mutual health insurance company is still the state's largest private company with revenue of $2.48 billion in 2018. However, the revenue figure was down — a little less than 2% — from $2.52 billion in 2017, ending a streak of at least 15 years of revenue growth. read more >
Startups that build medical devices must clear some high hurdles, but the rewards can be huge. read more >
Insurance and health pros talk winners, losers and the future of the Affordable Care Act and its effects felt in Arkansas. read more >
A startup that offers financial services to the cannabis industry has scored $800,000 from investors. read more >
For the first time in nearly 18 years, the Arkansas Department of Health's stop-smoking media campaign is apparently heading not to Little Rock marketing stalwart CJRW, but to a rival. read more >
The sale of a 384-unit apartment complex in North Little Rock leads off this week's lineup of million-dollar real estate transactions. read more >
Even regarding that most divisive of issues, Obamacare, partisans can find areas of agreement. read more >
J. Larry Shackelford, the chief of Washington Regional Medical System in Fayetteville, thinks hospital price transparency is on the horizon. read more >
Brian Berry has been named vice provost for research and dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Graduate School. read more >
The United States spends more per person on health care than similarly wealthy countries: $10,224 per person in 2017. That was 28% higher than Switzerland, the next highest spender per capita. read more >
Health care is critical to the Arkansas economy. Not only is it a major driver of high paying jobs, but access to health care is a significant quality of life factor impacting the retention and attraction of high wage jobs in other industries. read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson makes appointments to state boards and commissions. read more >
Just a month after the state's first medical marijuana dispensaries opened, Arkansas' new legal cannabis industry is already a million-dollar affair. read more >
A coalition of medical doctors called Safe Surgery Arkansas announced Tuesday the formation of a ballot question committee to coordinate a statewide referendum challenging Act 579 of 2019. read more >
If it's absolutely legal and ethical and in the state's best interest for the Crime Lab to contract with a company owned by its assistant director, and if no bidding is necessary on the specific item being purchased, why pay extra for a middleman? read more >
New Age Hemp LLC's leadership wants to make two things starkly clear: Grandma's hemp-based CBD oil is legal, and it won't make her high. read more >
CHI St. Vincent has scheduled June 14 for the grand opening for its Arkansas Neuroscience Institute in Sherwood, marking the end of a $30 million construction and renovation project. read more >
Charles King was recently hired by Philander Smith College in Little Rock as the new vice president for institutional advancement. read more >
